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College Sports
2 females charged
Two female athletes at Baylor, a basketball and volleyball player, were charged with beating a woman in a park.
Basketball player Latara Shanica Darrett and volleyballer Ashlee Genae Cooper, both 19-year-old sophomores, surrendered to police Tuesday and were charged with assault causing bodily injury, police spokesman Steve Anderson said.
They were released from jail Tuesday on personal recognizance bonds, Anderson said. The Class A misdemeanor carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
Basketball coach Kim Mulkey and volleyball coach Jim Barnes were not available for comment, Baylor spokeswoman Lori Scott Fogleman said.
Fogleman said school officials are prohibited from specifically commenting about the case. She said any team discipline is handled by coaches.
Darrett, of Chino, Calif., confronted a woman Aug. 8 in Cameron Park about something that happened earlier in the week, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
During the argument, Cooper, of LaPlace, La., punched the woman in the face, and the victim allegedly pulled a knife to defend herself but then put it on the ground, the affidavit said. Darrett then jumped the woman, the affidavit said.
NBA
New trial date set
The trial for Indiana Pacers’ Jamaal Tinsley and Marquis Daniels, who face charges stemming from a bar fight, has been rescheduled to December.
The trial was originally scheduled for Monday, but a defense lawyer at a hearing Wednesday asked Marion Superior Court Judge Lisa Borges for a delay. Borges set a Dec. 10 trial date.
Neither Tinsley or Daniels were in court for the hearing.
A grand jury indicted Tinsley on a felony charge of intimidation and misdemeanor counts of battery, disorderly conduct and intimidation in connection with a Feb. 6 fight. Daniels is charged with battery and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors.
Instant replay OK’d
NBA referees will be able to use instant replay to review altercations and some flagrant fouls starting this season.
The NBA Board of Governors voted last week to approve the changes recommended by the league’s Competition Committee.
Officials will be allowed to use replay on the more severe type of flagrant foul, known as the penalty 2. Because a flagrant-2 results in an ejection, the committee ruled that reviewing such infractions was appropriate.
Referees also will be able to use replay after an altercation to ensure that no punches or other unsportsmanlike actions are missed in determining penalties.
Horse Racing
Belmont’s Jazil retired
Jazil, winner of the 2006 Belmont Stakes, was retired and will stand at stud at Dubai Sheik Hamdan’s Shadwell Farm.
A half-brother to this year’s Belmont winner Rags to Riches, Jazil won just two of 11 races but stepped up in the biggest race of his career to give trainer Kiaran McLaughlin his first win in a Triple Crown race.
Jazil, a son of Seeking the Gold, finished second in the Wood Memorial and ran fourth behind Barbaro in the Kentucky Derby. In capturing the Belmont, Jazil rallied from last in the 12-horse field under Fernando Jara.